This essay endeavors to explain the really important powers, ways of knowing, and characteristics of life that AI can never have. The author takes off his academic hat here and speaks from direct experience.

Although the prohibition of avodah zarah (literally, “strange/foreign worship,” but more loosely translated as “idolatry”) is included in both the Torah’s 613 mitzvos for Jews and in the seven Noahide laws, many authorities maintain that the exact parameters of the prohibition differ when applied to Jews versus when applied to non-Jews. There is…[Read more]

Although the prohibition of avodah zarah (literally, “strange/foreign worship,” but more loosely translated as “idolatry”) is included in both the Torah’s 613 mitzvos for Jews and in the seven Noahide laws, many authorities maintain that the exact parameters of the prohibition differ when applied to Jews versus when applied to non-Jews. There is…[Read more]

Purpose: In this article, we discussed whether Imam Mahdi is an Antichrist or a Promised Saviour Besides Jesus Christ and other topics. This article attempts to deal with the concepts “Occultation”, “Imamat”, “Mahdaviat”, “Mahdism” and Who is Antichrist that prophesied both in Islam and Christianity. Also, this research was conducted to answer and…[Read more]

Before coffee * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA

Announcement for the opening of the exhibition “Eden and Everything After” at the University of Stavanger Archaelogical Museum and publication of attendant catalogue.

Save a chicken! * PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA

This is the first translation of the two graffiti texts found at the exit of Wadi el-Ḥôl (“Wadi of Terror”) in the Qena bend area of Egypt. Their signs represent a transitional stage between Minoan Phaistos Disk and Linear A. These texts were found by John and Deborah Darnell during their 1993-94 excavation season (Darnell, and all 2005). Th…[Read more]

In the course, I give a basic introduction into some of the recent developments in the field of computational historical linguistics. While this field is predominantly represented by phylogenetic approaches with whom scholars try to infer phylogenetic trees from different kinds of language data, the approach taken here is much broader,…[Read more]

The weblog Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice, published on the Hypotheses platform for scientific blogging (https://calc.hypotheses.org/), offers tutorials and discussion notes on computer-assisted approaches to the history and diversity of languages. A substantial part of its content is contributed as part of the ERC Starting…[Read more]

Syllabus for graduate seminar at McMaster University. In this seminar we will examine practices surrounding death in a variety of Chinese religions. We will explore the various understandings of the death process, preparation for death, and the afterlife. We will look at the post-mortem treatment of the body, changing funerary practices and…[Read more]

MAD HARRY! * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-ND

प्रमोद रंजन द्वारा संपादित पुस्तक “महिषासुर एक जननायक” का उद्देश्य यह स्पष्ट करना है कि आखिर महिषासुर नाम से शुरू किया गया यह आन्दोलन है क्या? इसकी आवश्यकता क्यों पड़ी? इसके निहितार्थ क्या हैं? इस पुस्तक में प्रश्न उठाया गया है कि जब असुर एक प्रजाति है तो उसकी हार या उसके नायक की ह्त्या का उत्सव किस सांस्कृतिक मनोवृत्ति का परिचायक…[Read more]

महिषासुर से संबंधित बहुजन समाज के मिथकों व परंपराओं , पौराणिक मिथकों और आधुनिक युग में गढे़ गए मिथकों के अर्थों को खोलने वाली इस पुस्तक का संपादक प्रमोद रंजन ने किया है। इस पुस्तक में पहली बार महिषासुर शहादत/स्मरण दिवस की विस्तृत सैद्धांतिकी भी प्रस्तुत की गई है तथा इस संबंध में उठने वालो सभी सवालों के उत्तर प्रस्तुत किये गये हैं।…[Read more]

यह किताब बहुजन डाइवर्सिटी द्वारा 2007 से शुरू की गई भारत की ज्वलंत समस्याएं शृंखला की है। पुस्तक में समय समय पर उद्भव होने वाली कुछ ख़ास समस्याओं, जिनसे राष्ट्र का जीवन बुरी तरह प्रभावित होता है एवं जिन्हें मीडिया के अल्पकालिक प्रभाव के चलते लोग एक अंतराल के बाद विस्मृत कर समस्याओं के अम्बार में घिरे देश की दूसरी समस्याओं में खो जाते हैं, को यद…[Read more]

सच्ची रामायण, पेरियार ई. वी. रामासामी की बहुचर्चित और सबसे विवादास्पद कृति रही है। पेरियार रामायण को एक राजनीतिक ग्रंथ मानते थे। उनका कहना था कि इसे दक्षिणवासी अनार्यों पर उत्तर के आर्यों की विजय और प्रभुत्व को जायज ठहराने के लिए लिखा गया और यह गैर-ब्राह्मणों पर ब्राह्मणों और महिलाओं पर पुरुषों के वर्चस्व का उपकरण है। यह किताब हिंदी में 1968में ‘स…[Read more]

This website provides contextual information and interpretations of the novel Texaco by Martinican writer Patrick Chamoiseau. It was started in spring 2022 as a collaborative project by students in the Honors Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in conjunction with the course Honors 200-008: Caribbean Crucible of Globalization…[Read more]